Improvement in skates



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Letters Patent No. 108,662, dated Octoher'25. 1870.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patentan making part of the same.

To all lwhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OORYDON WHEAT, of Geneva, in the county of Ontario and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Skates; and I do hereby declare that the following yis a full, clear, and exact description thereof', which will enable others skilled in the art to make and vuse the same, reference being had to the accompanying gdrawing forming part of this specification, in which- Y Figure l represents a side view of my improved skate.

Figure 2 is a plan or .top view of the same.

'is considerably steadied, and more grace of movement can bepeiformed o n it.

I provide the upper horizontal portion or ends 71 with adjustable heel' and toe-plates B and C. `The Similar letters of reference indicate correspondingl same have downward-projecting loops d d,tl1at embrace the upper course b ofthe continuous runner.

Set-screws e e, fitted through .the loops, serve to clamp the plates B C in suitable positions;

By this improvement a skate can 13e-adjusted to feet of' different lengths.

Tosecnre the strap D to the toe-plate G, it, the plate, is cnt longitudinally in six places, the parts of' plate between every pair of incisions being bent downward, to admit the strap in the manner clearly shown in fig. 2.

By this construction the necessity of securing the ends of straps to the skate is avoided, and the consequent strain and wearupon the strap done away with.

The heel-screw or pin fis arranged on the plate B in the-usual manner, while adjustable toe-screws g are or may be secured to the toe-plate. 1

Having thus described myinvention,

I claim as new anddesire to secure by Letters As an article of manufacture, the continuous skate-' runner A, formed with two or more separate bearing-surfaces al a, by bending the same'upward, as shown and described. Witnesses: OORYDON-WHEAT.

W. F. EDINGroN, CEAS. Kirr. 

